Man goes to a fair
has his fortune told and then
tries roller ooaster
Reply
breadcrumb trail - slint
yes
now someone esle do one!
try this
a man's bizarre
old tale of the calendar's
effect on his love
Friday I'm in love?
nah, can't be.
spot on
it is!
I thought that,
but didn't say it because I knew it was wrong.
-
some kind of future;
where a hairy guitar god
is the president
teen age riot?
amiright?
Yes! You are correct!
+10 indie points
.
alabama and coffee
the science of the body
explained
that's not a haiku
Irk the purists!
it's certainly not a tradtional old-skool 'hokku' but it's a certainly a passable contemporary haiku (which in post-modern english are essentially 3 line mathemakus)
Chosen by the Gods
To replace the crystal skull,
A werewolf must climb.
I'm thinking Mastodon here...
which song?
One of them 'blood mountain' sorts
I'm guessing 'crystal skull'?
Right album
I was thinking of another song though!
Oh wolf is loose then
I always get those mixed up.
It's one of my most endearing flaws
Correct!
Top of the class!
now there's a though....
*steals game wholesale for next lesson*
*thought
ok
wizened ex-beatle
gets shitty synth for christmas
loves 'echo' setting
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time
Good work, TheSoundofBastards
I liked the mental image of McCartney
playing with his synth in front of the christmas tree, wearing a christmas jumper, whilst Heather Mills scowls at him.
+10 McCartney Coupons
Good luck finding anywhere that'll take them.
you'll never get this in a million years
let us question the
prior location of young
heavily laden men
clue?
if you're good at maths you'll en
joy division because you'll get the answers right.
no-one?
I'm posting the answer just before I leave at 5 - one of you timewasters had better have worked it out by then.
Admit it - you care.
Argh, a joy division song you say?
Walked in Line? Colony?
No no no no no no no
Decades - thus:
Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders,
Here are the young men, well where have they been?
We knocked on the doors of Hell's darker chamber,
Pushed to the limit, we dragged ourselves in,
Watched from the wings as the scenes were replaying,
We saw ourselves now as we never had seen.
Portrayal of the trauma and degeneration,
The sorrows we suffered and never were free.
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Weary inside, now our heart's lost forever,
Can't replace the fear, or the thrill of the chase,
Each ritual showed up the door for our wanderings,
Open then shut, then slammed in our face.
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Fail on my part
:(
i was going to suggest "where have all the cowboys gone?"
by paula cole.
but i would have been wrong
This is literally
my favourite DiS thread ever. If only there were more I could actually get. Good work ehwhat?
a mother's dear voice
an old score to be settled
two man fish* supper?
*okay not technically a fish
It is!
The Mariner's Revenge Song.
Next to follow.
very good.
Thus
The performer steals,
Men and women no longer
Men and/or women.
Too hard
clues please.
The haiku
is in reverse order - so the chorus comes first, and the verse second.
Oh
And the lyrics were revealed on this here very site to some fanfare.
Atlas?
Ker
ching
this is the best thread ever
hardly sums the lyrics up but they are pretty unsumupable
greater than four tenths
saliva, lubrication?
You're so beautiful
Half something?
less
than half
five twelfths?
er
Dont
Even
Persist
with fractions
43% burnt
43% lickable hottie?
Another one for Nicky...
43% Burnt. Now solve mine, you fuckers.
There's a clue for the band name in their
jigsaw is broken
the church, our relationship
spanner or hammer
.
there
.
Tool - Schism?
^5
'played sir
Woo!
Why thank you
A dodgy first attempt
your familiars:
undesired. mater,
often stole scribes
Gareth Brown Says
LOL
Hurrah!
...
Shouty man
Faulty stationary
Worries him
one armed scissor
falls in love by lake
has stinging experience
lives changed forever
I know it's not Nick Cave's 'where the wild roses grow'
but something like that, yeah?
Springsteen
The River?
no
the clue is 'stinging'
would I be right in saying...
it's Predatory Wasp of the Palisades - Sufjan Stevens?
yep!
good work.
Try this one
pencils turn you on
and you want to know what I'll do next
but I won't tell.
Think latest single from an album released this year
my year in lists
BINGO!
:D
i just want to say this is a brilliant thread
well done everyone
my attempt
transatlantic speech,
concerned about all love songs;
they are self centred.
and an even more obvious one
infatuated
only with a dutch jewish
girl, sadly deceased.
Neutral Milk Hotel
pretty much anything off 'IN the Aeroplane' but I'm going to plump for Holland 1945
that was exactly the one i had in mind.
american english
OH GOD I'M GOOD.
This is NOT an obscure song - you all know this.
in the darkness we
find safety, we are here now
relieve the boredom.
c'mon!
you know what?
nevermind.
Smells like teen spirit
?
he shoots
he scores!
Yeah!
Go me!
First attempt
Won big at the track -
Now it's time to celebrate!
You got any drugs?
chips ahoy?
Yyyyyyup
OK
This melody here
Does not correspond to your
Existance. Awake!
boy has sex with girl
but finds it terrifying
explained in Latin
Brand New
Trans Sic Gloria
yeah!
Last line makes it obvious, but...
Lover is bereft.
Buried veteran declares:
"I will be home then."
yankee bayonet?
I had to google haiku :(
anyway.....
capital city
within dwell hairy monsters
who eat takeaway
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Great song, and fucking GREAT idea for a thread
^^^ hoooray!
What a tune.
Pretty easy one
Girls from the east make me hot
But I get ignored
and write good songs instead.
El Scorcho?
Mine
Their only love song
But in a special live show
is sung to a lamp
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
by Talking Heads!!!!
and mine...
Bold experiment
To open in such a way
Perfect location
El Scorcho is correcto!
Alright...
Rail line abandonment
In Big Apple neighbourhood
By Palace brother
jeffrey lewis?
accountant is ill
cannot pull wool over eyes;
cricket metaphors.
You Can't Fool Me Dennis - Mystery Jets
EASY!!
win
conjured from the depths
subconscious imaginings
tides of mollasses
Where Is My Mind by Pixies?
no.
...
Sticky Nightmare! Booyah!
Thoughts of odd footwear.
Wish I was back in Japan.
How crazy of me.
I'm a cukoo?
I don't think it is....
It is indeed!
.
Early morning walks
Love is so confusing when
It is unequal
We are not amused.
How to raise your kids:
Do not give them anything.
whoops...
Sorry my computer spazzed at the last minute... that should have read:
How to raise your kids:
Do not give them anything.
We are not amused.
got another one:
Careful driver lost
No claims bonus once again.
Maybe it's the car?
Bowie
Always Crashing in the Same Car?
Here's one...
Desist with your West
Coast stories; you hail from a
Colder northern town
Fake Tales of San Francisco?
fake tales on san fransisco!
Yep
Pretty easy that one.
bang on the money
.
this is a very hard and very clever thread
kudos
...
man expresses love
and fondness for darkness
loses leg function
It really could be
Knocks Me Off My Feet by Stevie Wonder (although I reckon he's not fond of his blindness/darkness) but I'm sure its not!
close
yet so far
lol
i thought as much
Another...
Terrible offspring!
Born in the last autumn month
Give us a cuddle?
November Spawned A Monster
EASY!!!
Is November in autumn?
'November Spawned a Monster'?
is it all the small things?
long shot i know
as in "turn the lights off, carry me home"
youre a genius
Incredible
just couldn't fathom that one.
-
guy sits in the park
reading notes on valium
about a girlfriend
hmm...
cue headscratching.
..
I am a killer
Apologies to mater
Cue epic nonsense
The Curse of Millhaven by Nick Cave?
.
Good guess
And a better song than the real answer.
Bohemian Rhapsody
:)
Correct sir
Well played.
....
lament on unattainable love
words are never enough
he will never make her stay
...
people get my name wrong
call me silly things
but they are incorrect
ting tings
...
existential dilemmas
brought on by mystery woman
but im still standing
...
Is the first one You're Beautiful by James Twunt?
Is the second that's not my name by thh Ting Ting's?
Can I ever forgive myself for knowing either?
ting tings is correct yes
the first one is not, it can be represented mathematically as 1/69th of an album....
im off home now. will reveal tomoro if noone has them
aha...
in that case 'All My Little Words' by the Magnetic Fields...perhaps more likely to be about a him than a her though!
yes
this is correct! well done. i didnt know he was gay!
C'mon, try to answer mine!
Bold experiment
To open in such a way
Perfect location
another day in paradise by phil collins
hahahaha, altogether now:
'A tramp cries out in the night...'
not quite
There is a Light?
nope.
a clue; major band, may have played one or two major gigs recently.
...
named after a monkey
in neighbourhood number 2
arrested for disco purposes
is simian mobile disco too obvious a guess for the artist?
.
I was gonna guess
Laika by the Arcade fire, but Laika's a dog, so I'm probably wrong there... Ho hum.
yeh you were right!!
i thought laika was a monkey! shoulda done my research!
lol
yeah i thought laika because of the neighbourhood 2 reference, but the monkey bit threw me.
Something by Laika
Oh, I've made the same mistake, haven't I
Let's rework this one as nobody got it
Upon waking I
Discover this melody is not
Like my existence
In the morning mail
Armed forces seek yours truly
They can fuck themselves.
Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
Finally got one!
*assuming I'm correct
on Public Enemy
Well done.
.
Captain Roscoe has
Street cred washed right out of hair;
Send him on his way.
Is this obscure?
I can't get anywhere with it.
This isn't a haiku.
It's not too obscure
It was released as a single within the last few years and had an amusing video full of puppets.
that said...
I may have over-encrypted the meaning a bit.
fix up look sharp?
damn, damn close
.
ah, you virtually got it anyway
it was "Dreams" by Dizzy Rascal. the connection was the musical South Pacific, which he nicked the chorus from.
breadcrumb trail - slint
yes
now someone esle do one!
try this
a man's bizarre
old tale of the calendar's
effect on his love
Friday I'm in love?
nah, can't be.
spot on
it is!
I thought that,
but didn't say it because I knew it was wrong.
-
some kind of future;
where a hairy guitar god
is the president
teen age riot?
amiright?
Yes! You are correct!
+10 indie points
.
alabama and coffee
the science of the body
explained
that's not a haiku
Irk the purists!
it's certainly not a tradtional old-skool 'hokku' but it's a certainly a passable contemporary haiku (which in post-modern english are essentially 3 line mathemakus)
Chosen by the Gods
To replace the crystal skull,
A werewolf must climb.
I'm thinking Mastodon here...
which song?
One of them 'blood mountain' sorts
I'm guessing 'crystal skull'?
Right album
I was thinking of another song though!
Oh wolf is loose then
I always get those mixed up.
It's one of my most endearing flaws
Correct!
Top of the class!
now there's a though....
*steals game wholesale for next lesson*
*thought
ok
wizened ex-beatle
gets shitty synth for christmas
loves 'echo' setting
Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas Time
Good work, TheSoundofBastards
I liked the mental image of McCartney
playing with his synth in front of the christmas tree, wearing a christmas jumper, whilst Heather Mills scowls at him.
+10 McCartney Coupons
Good luck finding anywhere that'll take them.
you'll never get this in a million years
let us question the
prior location of young
heavily laden men
clue?
if you're good at maths you'll en
joy division because you'll get the answers right.
no-one?
I'm posting the answer just before I leave at 5 - one of you timewasters had better have worked it out by then.
Admit it - you care.
Argh, a joy division song you say?
Walked in Line? Colony?
No no no no no no no
Decades - thus:
Here are the young men, the weight on their shoulders,
Here are the young men, well where have they been?
We knocked on the doors of Hell's darker chamber,
Pushed to the limit, we dragged ourselves in,
Watched from the wings as the scenes were replaying,
We saw ourselves now as we never had seen.
Portrayal of the trauma and degeneration,
The sorrows we suffered and never were free.
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Weary inside, now our heart's lost forever,
Can't replace the fear, or the thrill of the chase,
Each ritual showed up the door for our wanderings,
Open then shut, then slammed in our face.
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Where have they been?
Fail on my part
:(
i was going to suggest "where have all the cowboys gone?"
by paula cole.
but i would have been wrong
This is literally
my favourite DiS thread ever. If only there were more I could actually get. Good work ehwhat?
a mother's dear voice
an old score to be settled
two man fish* supper?
*okay not technically a fish
It is!
The Mariner's Revenge Song.
Next to follow.
very good.
Thus
The performer steals,
Men and women no longer
Men and/or women.
Too hard
clues please.
The haiku
is in reverse order - so the chorus comes first, and the verse second.
Oh
And the lyrics were revealed on this here very site to some fanfare.
Atlas?
Ker
ching
this is the best thread ever
hardly sums the lyrics up but they are pretty unsumupable
greater than four tenths
saliva, lubrication?
You're so beautiful
Half something?
less
than half
five twelfths?
er
Dont
Even
Persist
with fractions
43% burnt
43% lickable hottie?
Another one for Nicky...
43% Burnt. Now solve mine, you fuckers.
There's a clue for the band name in their
jigsaw is broken
the church, our relationship
spanner or hammer
.
there
.
Tool - Schism?
^5
'played sir
Woo!
Why thank you
A dodgy first attempt
your familiars:
undesired. mater,
often stole scribes
Gareth Brown Says
LOL
Hurrah!
...
Shouty man
Faulty stationary
Worries him
one armed scissor
falls in love by lake
has stinging experience
lives changed forever
I know it's not Nick Cave's 'where the wild roses grow'
but something like that, yeah?
Springsteen
The River?
no
the clue is 'stinging'
would I be right in saying...
it's Predatory Wasp of the Palisades - Sufjan Stevens?
yep!
good work.
Try this one
pencils turn you on
and you want to know what I'll do next
but I won't tell.
Think latest single from an album released this year
my year in lists
BINGO!
:D
i just want to say this is a brilliant thread
well done everyone
my attempt
transatlantic speech,
concerned about all love songs;
they are self centred.
and an even more obvious one
infatuated
only with a dutch jewish
girl, sadly deceased.
Neutral Milk Hotel
pretty much anything off 'IN the Aeroplane' but I'm going to plump for Holland 1945
that was exactly the one i had in mind.
american english
OH GOD I'M GOOD.
This is NOT an obscure song - you all know this.
in the darkness we
find safety, we are here now
relieve the boredom.
c'mon!
you know what?
nevermind.
Smells like teen spirit
?
he shoots
he scores!
Yeah!
Go me!
First attempt
Won big at the track -
Now it's time to celebrate!
You got any drugs?
chips ahoy?
Yyyyyyup
OK
This melody here
Does not correspond to your
Existance. Awake!
boy has sex with girl
but finds it terrifying
explained in Latin
Brand New
Trans Sic Gloria
yeah!
Last line makes it obvious, but...
Lover is bereft.
Buried veteran declares:
"I will be home then."
yankee bayonet?
I had to google haiku :(
anyway.....
capital city
within dwell hairy monsters
who eat takeaway
Werewolves of London - Warren Zevon
Great song, and fucking GREAT idea for a thread
^^^ hoooray!
What a tune.
Pretty easy one
Girls from the east make me hot
But I get ignored
and write good songs instead.
El Scorcho?
Mine
Their only love song
But in a special live show
is sung to a lamp
This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)
by Talking Heads!!!!
and mine...
Bold experiment
To open in such a way
Perfect location
El Scorcho is correcto!
Alright...
Rail line abandonment
In Big Apple neighbourhood
By Palace brother
jeffrey lewis?
accountant is ill
cannot pull wool over eyes;
cricket metaphors.
You Can't Fool Me Dennis - Mystery Jets
EASY!!
win
conjured from the depths
subconscious imaginings
tides of mollasses
Where Is My Mind by Pixies?
no.
...
Sticky Nightmare! Booyah!
Thoughts of odd footwear.
Wish I was back in Japan.
How crazy of me.
I'm a cukoo?
I don't think it is....
It is indeed!
.
Early morning walks
Love is so confusing when
It is unequal
We are not amused.
How to raise your kids:
Do not give them anything.
whoops...
Sorry my computer spazzed at the last minute... that should have read:
How to raise your kids:
Do not give them anything.
We are not amused.
got another one:
Careful driver lost
No claims bonus once again.
Maybe it's the car?
Bowie
Always Crashing in the Same Car?
Here's one...
Desist with your West
Coast stories; you hail from a
Colder northern town
Fake Tales of San Francisco?
fake tales on san fransisco!
Yep
Pretty easy that one.
bang on the money
.
this is a very hard and very clever thread
kudos
...
man expresses love
and fondness for darkness
loses leg function
It really could be
Knocks Me Off My Feet by Stevie Wonder (although I reckon he's not fond of his blindness/darkness) but I'm sure its not!
close
yet so far
lol
i thought as much
Another...
Terrible offspring!
Born in the last autumn month
Give us a cuddle?
November Spawned A Monster
EASY!!!
Is November in autumn?
'November Spawned a Monster'?
is it all the small things?
long shot i know
as in "turn the lights off, carry me home"
youre a genius
Incredible
just couldn't fathom that one.
-
guy sits in the park
reading notes on valium
about a girlfriend
hmm...
cue headscratching.
..
I am a killer
Apologies to mater
Cue epic nonsense
The Curse of Millhaven by Nick Cave?
.
Good guess
And a better song than the real answer.
Bohemian Rhapsody
:)
Correct sir
Well played.
....
lament on unattainable love
words are never enough
he will never make her stay
...
people get my name wrong
call me silly things
but they are incorrect
ting tings
...
existential dilemmas
brought on by mystery woman
but im still standing
...
Is the first one You're Beautiful by James Twunt?
Is the second that's not my name by thh Ting Ting's?
Can I ever forgive myself for knowing either?
ting tings is correct yes
the first one is not, it can be represented mathematically as 1/69th of an album....
im off home now. will reveal tomoro if noone has them
aha...
in that case 'All My Little Words' by the Magnetic Fields...perhaps more likely to be about a him than a her though!
yes
this is correct! well done. i didnt know he was gay!
C'mon, try to answer mine!
Bold experiment
To open in such a way
Perfect location
another day in paradise by phil collins
hahahaha, altogether now:
'A tramp cries out in the night...'
not quite
There is a Light?
nope.
a clue; major band, may have played one or two major gigs recently.
...
named after a monkey
in neighbourhood number 2
arrested for disco purposes
is simian mobile disco too obvious a guess for the artist?
.
I was gonna guess
Laika by the Arcade fire, but Laika's a dog, so I'm probably wrong there... Ho hum.
yeh you were right!!
i thought laika was a monkey! shoulda done my research!
lol
yeah i thought laika because of the neighbourhood 2 reference, but the monkey bit threw me.
Something by Laika
Oh, I've made the same mistake, haven't I
Let's rework this one as nobody got it
Upon waking I
Discover this melody is not
Like my existence
In the morning mail
Armed forces seek yours truly
They can fuck themselves.
Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
Finally got one!
*assuming I'm correct
on Public Enemy
Well done.
.
Captain Roscoe has
Street cred washed right out of hair;
Send him on his way.
Is this obscure?
I can't get anywhere with it.
This isn't a haiku.
It's not too obscure
It was released as a single within the last few years and had an amusing video full of puppets.
that said...
I may have over-encrypted the meaning a bit.
fix up look sharp?
damn, damn close
.
ah, you virtually got it anyway
it was "Dreams" by Dizzy Rascal. the connection was the musical South Pacific, which he nicked the chorus from.
told you it was too encrypted :S
I never get mine
Females don't seem interested
Emphatically.
How about
Spam spam spam spam spam
Spam spam spam spam spam spam spam
Spam spam spam spam spam
those who can't, spam.
.
no pussy blues
?
I like this game...
With kids' bicycles
(symbols of lost innocence)
we can beat Satan!
it's either mum... or mogwai...
but probably neither :(
neither :(
it's easy! easy! easy! easy!
No Lucifeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!
I tried to do a haiku on this one myself, but couldn't think of a way to do it that wasn't obvious.
correct sir!
.
Tony's theme by the Pixies?
.
iron maiden
bring your daughter
nope, sorry!
.
First attempt...
Young man dreams of 70s
Homosexual brother
And priests writing books
The State I Am In
Someone will get one of mine if it kills me
Sod you, Lynne Truss
The only reliable one
Is the crunk maestro
hot in herre?
No
since nobody guessed this from yesterday:
existential dilemmas
brought on by mystery woman
but im still standing
it was pearl jam - alive
Since no-one got mine...
How to raise your kids:
Do not give them anything.
We are not amused.
Spolit Victorian Child by the Fall. I bet you're all just kicking yourselves now.